Gov. Martin O’Malley’s redistricting panel released its recommendations for Maryland’s new congressional map Monday, offering a plan that could help Democrats add to their advantage in the state by imperiling the reelection hopes of Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett (R). The advisory committee was tasked with drawing a map that reflects the results of the 2010 Census, moving Marylanders across lines to ensure that the state’s eight districts have roughly equal populations. The map will be posted online Tuesday, when a seven-day comment period begins. O’Malley (D) can make adjustments before presenting it to the Democratic-controlled General Assembly, which must approve it. Read full article > >

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Proposed Md. congressional map could imperil Rep. Roscoe Bartlett

Videos posted online show tanks in Syrian streets, scrambling crowds and the menacing sounds of sniper fire.

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Violence traumatizes Syrian-Americans

The confidential U.S. embassy cables posted online by the website WikiLeaks simply show “diplomats doing the work of diplomacy,” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday.

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Thousands of photographs taken by playwright George Bernard Shaw are to be posted online, the National Trust announces.

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Online archive for Shaw pictures